One God – One Cult – One Nation: Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives

Published by De Gruyter 2010

One God – One Cult – One Nation

Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives

Edited by: Reinhard G. Kratz and Hermann Spieckermann
In collaboration with: Björn Corzilius and Tanja Pilger

Volume 405 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110223583

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About this book

Recent archaeological and biblical research challenges the traditional view of the history of ancient Israel. This book presents the latest findings of both academic disciplines regarding the United Monarchy of David and Solomon (‛One Nation’) and the cult reform under Josiah (‛One Cult’), raising the issue of fact versus fiction. The political and cultural interrelations in the Near East are illustrated on the example of the ancient city of Beth She'an/Scythopolis and are discussed as to their significance for the transformation in the conception of God (‛One God’).

The volume contains 17 contributions by internationally eminent scholars from Israel, Finland and Germany.

Author / Editor information

Reinhard G. Kratz and Hermann Spieckermann, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

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I. The Great Monarchy: Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives on David and Solomon
A Great United Monarchy? Archaeological and Historical Perspectives Israel Finkelstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Archaeology and the Biblical Narrative: The Case of the United Monarchy Amihai Mazar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Solomon and the United Monarchy: Some Textual Evidence Erhard Blum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Elders or Youngsters? Critical Remarks on 1 Kings 12 Alexander Rofé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
'What Share Do We Have in David...?' – Ben Sira's Perspectives on 1 Kings 12 Markus Witte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
II. The Cult Centralization in Its Near Eastern Context: Perspectives on Hezekiah and Josiah
The Idea of Cultic Centralization and Its Supposed Ancient Near Eastern Analogies Reinhard G. Kratz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Cult Centralization in the Ancient Near East? Conceptions of the Ideal Capital in the Ancient Near East Hanspeter Schaudig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Perspectives on Southern Israel's Cult Centralization: Arad and Beer-scheba Ze'ev Herzog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Why the Cult Reforms in Judah Probably Did not Happen Juha Pakkala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
III. The Ancient City: Perspectives on the Political and Cultural Interrelations at Beth Shean
Tel Beth-Shean: History and Archaeology Amihai Mazar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Nysa-Scythopolis: Ethnicity and Religion Gabriel Mazor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Beth Shean/Scythopolis in Late Antiquity: Cult and Culture, Continuity and Change Katharina Heyden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
IV. The One and The Only: Perspectives on the Development of a Divine Concept
God and His People: The Concept of Kingship and Cult in the Ancient Near East Hermann Spieckermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
YHWH in the Northern and Southern Kingdom Matthias Köckert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
From Many Gods to the One God: The Archaeological Evidence Ephraim Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Monotheism and Angelology in Daniel Michael Segal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Justice, the King and the Gods: Polytheism and Emerging Monotheism in the Ancient World Christoph Auffarth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 463
Keywords: Old Testament; Biblical Archaeology; Cult; Beth She'an; Divine Concepts

eBook

Published: September 27, 2010
ISBN: 9783110223583

Hardcover

Published: August 17, 2010
ISBN: 9783110223576